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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 6, 209-214, Copyright © 1992 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Protective effects of the Hemopump left ventricular assist device in experimental cardiogenic shock

KH Scholz, JP Hering, T Schroder, P Uhlig, H Kreuzer, U Tebbe, M Ferrari and G Hellige
Department of Cardiology, Georg-August University, Gottingen, FRG.

The efficacy of the new cable-driven rotating left ventricular assist device Hemopump in cardiogenic shock was examined in experiments with adult sheep (n = 14; body weight 50-71 kg). Shock was induced by high frequency ventricular pacing. Aortic, pulmonary, central venous and left ventricular pressures as well as electromagnetic measurements of coronary blood flow were recorded continuously; cardiac output was measured by thermodilution technique. Blood samples for determination of oxygen content, electrolytes and lactate were taken under control conditions, in shock, and during pump intervention at different levels of pump speed. Vascular resistance, total body and myocardial oxygen consumption as well as myocardial uptake and release of lactate were calculated. High frequency pacing led to a significant decrease in cardiac output (from 3.8 +/- 0.8 to 2.2 +/- 1.6 l/min), mean aortic pressure (89.1 +/- 14.4 to 47.6 +/- 7.2 mmHg), and total body oxygen consumption (2.6 +/- 0.3 to 1.4 +/- 0.7 ml/min per kg), as well as myocardial release of lactate (arterial coronary-venous difference of lactate: 0.27 +/- 0.26 to -0.32 +/- 0.72 mmol/l). Hemopump assist in this condition resulted in a significant increase in cardiac output (to 2.8 +/- 0.6 l/min), mean aortic pressure (to 65.6 +/- 13.9 mmHg), and myocardial perfusion pressure (from 25.5 +/- 11.0 to 59.0 +/- 14.7), and led to nearly normal total body oxygen consumption (2.5 +/- 0.7 ml/min per kg), a decrease in myocardial oxygen consumption (from 6.1 +/- 2.1 in shock, to 4.8 +/- 1.7 ml/min per 100 g), and to normal arterial coronary-venous difference of lactate (0.24 +/- 0.26 mmol/l).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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